Tom Waits – Train Song chords

Capo First Fret


     C               F          CWell I broke down in East Saint Louis
       Am     F    COn the Kansas City line
      C        F      Amand I drunk up all my money
       D7             G7that I borrowed every time

      C         F      Cand I fell down at the derby
            Am      F          Cand now the night's black as a crow
         C          F        AmIt was a train that took me away from here
      D7          G7       C     F/C Cbut a train can't bring me home

     C       F         CWhat made my dreams so hollow
      Am       F            CI was standing there at the depot
       C       F       Amwith a steeple full of swallows
           D7             G7that could never ring the bell

      C        F              Cand I come ten thousand miles away
     Am      F        Cwith not one thing to show
              C          F        Amwell it was a train that took me away from here
      D7          G7       C     F/C  Cbut a train can't bring me home

Interlude:  Am F - C - C F - C - F F7 - D F - D F - G7

    C      F      CI remember when I left
        Am    F      Cwithout bothering to pack
    C      F      Amyou know I up and left with
                D7                  G7nothin' but the clothes I had on my back

        C         F         Cnow I'm sorry for what I've done
        Am       F     Cand I'm out here on my own
              C          F        Amwell it was a train that took me away from
           D7          G7       C     F/C   Chere but a train can't bring me home 
                  C          F        Am        it must've been a train that took me away from here
      D7         G7                           C     F/C  Cbut a train can't bring me ... can't bring me home